{"id":26874,"date":"2014-10-29T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T14:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=26874"},"modified":"2022-04-01T03:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T07:24:22","slug":"for-young-jets-the-time-should-be-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2014\/10\/29\/for-young-jets-the-time-should-be-now\/","title":{"rendered":"For Young Jets, The Time Should Be Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Glenn Naughton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well folks, for those of you with even a glimmer of lingering hope leading\u00a0up to \u00a0the game against the Buffalo Bills, \u00a0(you know, the “soft”\u00a0part of the Jets’ schedule) welcome back to reality.\u00a0Following their worst performance of the season, a 43-23 pounding on their\u00a0home turf at the hands of journeyman Kyle Orton and the Bills, it’s time for\u00a0the Jets to see what their youngsters have to offer.<\/p>\n

With mathematical elimination from the playoffs being merely weeks away,\u00a0the stop-gap veterans should be asked to step aside and take a look at the\u00a0kids. \u00a0It’s what’s right for the long term health of the franchise, and for\u00a0the coaching staff that will replace Rex Ryan and his current group as they play out the\u00a0second half of their final season.<\/p>\n

JetNation.com<\/a> takes a look at some players who should be given an expanded role\u00a0over the final eight games of the season. \u00a0At this point, it’s not as if the\u00a0Jets could play much worse than they are, and even if they did, how much\u00a0would it matter?<\/p>\n

OG Dakota Dozier<\/strong>– Like current OG’s Brian Winters and Oday Aboushi, Dozier\u00a0was an offensive tackle in college who the Jets have opted to move inside.\u00a0Starting RG Willie Colon has allowed 14 QB hurries and committed 8 penalties\u00a0at the half way point. \u00a0There’s no need to go forward with Colon as the\u00a0starter as he’s all but gone after this season. Given the struggles and\u00a0inconsistent play of RT Breno Giacomini, there probably wouldn’t be many\u00a0complaints if Dozier were given some reps at RT as well. \u00a0Despite being a\u00a0fourth round pick, Dozier’s selection by the Jets was one of the few\u00a0choices that seemed to earn praise from many pundits. \u00a0An athletic lineman\u00a0from Furman who earned the nickname “Bull Dozier” in college, should be\u00a0given the chance to step in and show what he’s got.<\/p>\n

OLB Trevor Reilly<\/strong>– Of John Idzik’s many late round selections, Reilly has\u00a0garnered the most playing time this season, as he’s been asked to spell\u00a0Calvin Pace from time to time. \u00a0Reilly has played a mere 40 snaps, but in\u00a0his very limited role he has earned a slightly above average grade from\u00a0pff.com<\/a> at 0.2. \u00a0This is likely Pace’s last season as a Jet and like Colon,\u00a0there is little to be gained by allowing him to take reps from a player who\u00a0may be asked to contribute for years to come.<\/p>\n

OLB Ik Enemkpali<\/strong>– Enemkpali was selected in the sixth round to be groomed as a\u00a0pass-rush specialist out of Louisiana Tech. \u00a0He’s seen only a few snaps this\u00a0season, but should be allowed to take some of Jason Babin’s playing time as\u00a0he’s going to be asked to fill a similar role in the future. \u00a0Enemkpali had\u00a0a strong pre-season that opened some eyes, and was lauded by current Jets LB\u00a0David Harris who said Enemkpali had flashed in practice and showed he has\u00a0the potential to be a player in the league for years to come.<\/p>\n

TE Jace Amaro<\/strong>– This one is a no-brainer as Amaro has turned out to be the\u00a0best pick of this class for Idzik. \u00a0Jeff Cumberland, despite being a\u00a0physically gifted player, always seems to be on the cusp of doing something\u00a0big but it just hasn’t materialized. \u00a0The Jets should keep Amaro’s reps on\u00a0the upswing while he continues to establish himself as a legitimate\u00a0receiving option.<\/p>\n

S Jaiquawn Jarrett-<\/strong> \u00a0Jarrett has been worked in to the safety rotation at\u00a0points this season and much like Reilly, hasn’t made a major impact,\u00a0negative or positive. \u00a0Dawan Landry has been his usual solid yet\u00a0unspectacular self, but is another possible off-season casualty. \u00a0First\u00a0round selection Calvin Pryor<\/strong> hasn’t been the player the Jets hoped he would,\u00a0but getting him reps is going to be key to his development.<\/p>\n

WR Quincy Enunwa<\/strong>– One of Idzik’s three perceived failures at the WR\u00a0position, Enunwa is the only receiver selected who is eligible to play for\u00a0the Jets. \u00a0Fellow WR Jalen Saunders was released, and Shaq Evans was placed\u00a0on IR during training camp with a shoulder injury. \u00a0Of the three, Enunwa was\u00a0the only one to garner any praise in training camp as he finished strong\u00a0enough to land on the final 53. \u00a0However, a domestic violence accusation was\u00a0followed by a demotion to the practice squad where he remains today. \u00a0With the domestic violence charges being dropped, the Jets should take a look at\u00a0the 6′ 2” 225lb receiver out of Nebraska.<\/p>\n

Getting something out of these players on the field will give die hard Jets fans some\u00a0reason to tune in and hopefully get a peek at a player or two that offer\u00a0reason for optimism, or the possible harsh reality of an even bigger\u00a0re-building project at hand than what’s currently anticipated.<\/p>\n

Are you excited to watch any young NY Jets players? If so tell us what you think in our NY Jets forum<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Glenn Naughton Well folks, for those of you with even a glimmer of lingering hope leading\u00a0up to \u00a0the game against the Buffalo Bills, \u00a0(you know, the “soft”\u00a0part of the Jets’ schedule) welcome back to reality.\u00a0Following their worst performance of the season, a 43-23 pounding on their\u00a0home turf at the hands of journeyman Kyle Orton […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1337],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-home-slider"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IK.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-6Zs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26877,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26874\/revisions\/26877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}